Chu Teh-Chun (朱德群) (1920–2014, China/France)Abstract expressionist paintings 3Chu Teh-Chun was

Chu Teh-Chun (朱德群) (1920–2014, China/France)

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Chu Teh-Chun was a Chinese-Frenchabstract painter. Chu and his schoolmates Wu GuanzhongandZao Wou-ki were dubbed the ‘Three Musketeers’ of modernist Chinese artists trained in China and France, and were pivotal in creating a modern style of painting that synthesized both European and Chinese art traditions.

Chu’s style in particular combines brush strokes inspired by Chinese calligraphy and strong elements of European expressionism and tachism movements.